Jump School was easy...compared to Ranger School, it’s a three week vacation from your regular unit.
It was made easier during the mid-eighties to accomodate the females, but it’s always been less rigorous (and lengthier) than Ranger School.
No doubt about it. I was in the best shape of my life after graduating from Jump School, and a number of friends and classmates were urging me to go Ranger.
As the saying goes, "a man's got to know his limitations." I knew plenty of men that wore the tab, and they could all run 5-6 minute miles all day long. I also knew men who didn't make it through Ranger School, and they were good men, too.
I simply didn't have the burning desire necessary for Ranger School.